Tyler Moran, who is currently the deputy policy director for immigration at the Domestic Policy Council, has been hired by Reid to be his point person on the issue.

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“We are very excited to have Tyler joining our team,” Reid spokesman Adam Jentleson said in an e-mail Monday.

Before Moran, chief counsel Serena Hoy – who joined Reid’s staff in 2005 – handled immigration and other judiciary issues for the Democratic leader. Hoy left Capitol Hill recently for the Department of Homeland Security.

Moran joined the White House staff in June 2012, according to her LinkedIn profile. Before joining the Obama administration, Moran spent 11 years at the California-based National Immigration Law Center, an advocacy group that focuses on low-income immigrants and their families.